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Topic: HR 1012 in Oly (Read 1379 times)

HR1012 introduced in Olympia. Amends RCW to create a duty to retreat, even in one's home.

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1 AN ACT Relating to justifiable homicide; and amending RCW2 9A.16.050.3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4 Sec. 1. RCW 9A.16.050 and 2011 c 336 s 354 are each amended to5 read as follows:6 (1) Homicide is also justifiable when committed ((either:7 (1))) in the lawful defense of the slayer, or his or her husband,8 wife, parent, child, brother, or sister, or of any other person in his9 or her presence or company, when there is reasonable ground to10 apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to ((commit a felony11 or to)) do some great personal injury to the slayer or to any such12 person, and there is imminent danger of such design being13 accomplished((; or14 (2) In the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a felony upon15 the slayer, in his or her presence, or upon or in a dwelling, or other16 place of abode, in which he or she is)).17 (2) Homicide shall not be justifiable under this statute if thep. 1 HB 10121 slayer knows or should know that he or she could avoid the necessity of2 using such force with complete safety by retreating.--- END ---HB 1012

Sheesh. I wouldn't want some government entity to 2nd guess my knowledge/ability about retreating. Those 2 words "should know" are kind of scary. When one is faced with danger, what one "should know" comes a long way after what one is feeling at the moment.

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